Buttons: seems to be back to normal. I think his problem was a bit wider-spread than just him… for several days Buttons, Fingers and Speedbump all refused to eat. When food came out they’d come running, but when they got to it they just wouldn’t eat. Finally this evening they all decided that they were in fact actually hungry and began eating again. Did thy have some sort of flu? A reaction to pollen or the smoke in the area (it’s “burn the farms to the ground” time of year out here)? Some other environmental problem? Dunno. But it seems to be over, at last.
Raedthinn: Mostly seems to be ok so far. Still has a good loud voice, but his breathing sometimes seems a bit more labored. It’s really hard to tell. Fortunately, the loss of his voice seems to be a good indicator that his lungs are getting squished. So, so long as he can complain good and loud, he *should* be ok. When that changes, *if* that changes, I’ll take him back to the vet. If it’s more than a few weeks since the last visit (we’re close to one week… less than 12 hours away from that milestone), then I’ll see if it’s advisable to get his chest cavity tapped and drained off. With any luck the problem will fix itself. I’m not stupidly optimistic about that though.
